Question marks over the future of the Templar series Knightfall but Tony McMahon hopes that History will renew it for season three
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Templar expert Tony McMahon reveals the Rule book of the Knights Templar and how it covered everything from eating to praying
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A visit to Istanbul – once called Constantinople and capital of the Byzantine Empire
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Catholic churches all over Europe are graced with sacred statues of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the many, many saints. But when these churches are closed or renovated, we see these statues in a whole new light. Shorn of their…
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Knightfall will be with you soon! Winter is coming – but courtesy of the History Channel, it will be a Templar winter. Forget the dragons and white walkers, give me the Knights Templar any day of the week. Here is…
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Medieval Easter was way more important than Easter is today. Two reasons. One was the celebration of the resurrection of Christ and the other was the rebirth of the countryside. In feudal rural societies – never far from starvation –…
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The first ten years of the Knights Templar is shrouded in mystery as Tony McMahon discovers
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The Knights Templar were accused of rejecting the divinity of Christ, spitting on the crucifix, not believing the church sacraments and conducting their own masses without a properly consecrated priest. They emerged in France in the 12th century at the…
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For centuries, it’s been alleged that the Knights Templar had secret initiation rites through which a young man joined this order of holy warriors. Some allege the Templars used rituals from the Cathar heresy – a variant of Christianity condemned…
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Philip the Fair issued orders to arrest every Templar knight but what exactly were the charges and why did he take such action?
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